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Tiny shrimp generate big prices

RARE tiny black and white shrimp raised in Taiwan are selling for as much as US$830 apiece to collectors in Japan, despite short life spans and problems breeding, officials at an exhibition said yesterday. The... ...full story at Shanghai Daily

from Shanghai Daily on Fri, Nov 06 2009

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